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The Shiny Shrimps

Les crevettes pailletées

2019

Maxime Govare, Cédric Le Gallo

Nicolas Gob, Alban Lenoir, Geoffrey Couët, Michael Abiteboul ...

5.4

1,263

Comedy. Drama Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia where the hottest international LGBT athletes compete. It's the start of a bumpy and joyful ride - Faster, Higher, Stronger.

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"The seven gay males on the team all feel surprisingly individual and real (...) [Le Gallo and Govare] rely mainly on the familiar mechanisms of mainstream comedies for their humor"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Hughes Time Out	"This joyous French comedy brings 'Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert'-like charm to the swimming pool (...) Hollywood, if you’re reading, cast Jason Statham (a former Olympic diver) in the remake (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A boisterously stereotypical and puppyishly over-eager-to-please film (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"A warm, inclusive hug of a movie. The filmmaking is prosaic but wins you over with infectious exuberance and huge heart (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"A riotously funny remoulding of the underdog sports movie (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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